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  2. Law of triviality - Wikipedia

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    The law of triviality is C. Northcote Parkinson's 1957 argument that people within an organization commonly give disproportionate weight to trivial issues. [1] Parkinson provides the example of a fictional committee whose job was to approve the plans for a nuclear power plant spending the majority of its time on discussions about relatively minor but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what ...

  3. Wikipedia:Avoid Parkinson's bicycle-shed effect - Wikipedia

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    This "bicycle shed effect" is easily explained: true expertise on nuclear plants is rare, while everybody can have a say about bicycle sheds, and refreshments are clear and dear to all. Sadly, the "bicycle shed effect" can be noted on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and theoretically every Wikipedian is working to build it.

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  5. Burlington Headquarters Building - Wikipedia

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    The Burlington Headquarters Building, also called Burlington Place, is located at 1004 Farnam Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. This four-story brick building was originally designed by Alfred R. Dufrene and built in 1879 next to Jobbers Canyon .

  6. Clarinda & Page Apartments - Wikipedia

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    April 21, 1981 [1] Rescinded July 2014 The Clarinda and Page Apartments were located at 3027 Farnam Street and 305–11 Turner Boulevard in the Midtown area of Omaha , Nebraska . Built in 1909 and 1914 respectively, they both reflected the Georgian Revival style of architecture.

  7. WoodmenLife Tower - Wikipedia

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    The WoodmenLife Tower (formerly the Woodmen Tower or Woodmen of the World Tower) is a 478.02 feet (145.70 m) high-rise building at 1700 Farnam Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, and headquarters of WoodmenLife (officially Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society) insurance company. Construction of the building began in 1966 and was ...

  8. 2 + 2 = 5 - Wikipedia

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    As a theme and as a subject in the arts, the anti-intellectual slogan 2 + 2 = 5 pre-dates Orwell and has produced literature, such as Deux et deux font cinq (Two and Two Make Five), written in 1895 by Alphonse Allais, which is a collection of absurdist short stories; [1] and the 1920 imagist art manifesto 2 × 2 = 5 by the poet Vadim Shershenevich.

  9. Wikipedia:Establish the bikeshed needs painting before you ...

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    They haven't established the bikeshed needs painting, but are already deciding the color. Also, another thing to note, is that if you are changing something because it has been the same for a long time, but it's still okay to have it, that's also change for the sake of change.